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Emerging markets by numbers: BlackRock

... money in emerging markets and are surprised we can do this at substantially lower fee rates than the well known active managers who have dominated this space" said Rick Vella, managing director of BlackRock's Quantitative Investor's (BQI) team in Princeton. ...

Contrarian managers make a comeback

KATE HAGE | WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006

Active managers are falling behind their contrarian counterparts after Australian share managers turned in their worst quarterly performance since 1990, according to Intech Investment Consulting. Intech senior investment analyst, Fraser Murray, said ...

NZ Super Fund scores big but cautions on the future

... volatility. It said it will aim to protect fund earnings through continuing diversification and finding capable active managers. It may well start re-evaluating its emerging markets equities sector allocation as 2005-06 figures show that the 'value added ...

Vanguard says volatility points to indexing

HAMISH MADDEN | FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2006

... or stock X versus stock Y, said Bowerman. This may mean some of their allocation is to indexed funds, some to active managers and other areas, but it was all about getting the blend right, not the individual bets. "You know you're going to get the market ...

Active managers still outperforming index: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN | TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006

Navigator's most recent Australian equity sector review revealed that most active managers continue to outperform index managers, with those focusing on small caps and growth style investing getting the lion's share of returns. While Navigator's research ...

Good returns and good luck

... Serhan, head of consulting for Morningstar, described how their research had found that in the short term some active managers were able to outperform the index funds, but as the time horizon extended they found fewer and fewer were able to sustain their ...

Super funds pile on global equities

... interest and cash in favour of global equities. "The re-weighting has enabled Vision Super to invest with specialist active managers, using more concentrated portfolios and targeting specific sectors of the world share markets," said Tilley. For example ...

New absolute return bond fund for Julius Baer

... global bond oriented absolute return fund. But this does not mean they are doing anything differently. "Global active managers take considerable bets against benchmarks, which means they can be well suited to adding short-selling strategies to their ...

Active managers not outperforming: State Street

New research from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) reveals that active managers are not outperforming and they warn investors to be cautious about their ability to outperform. The four year research project, called the SSgA Manager Persistence Survey ...

ipac launches a new pathway in multi-management

... institutional product and client services Steven Hall says the continued success in funds management requires active managers to seek out new sources of return and develop innovative product solutions. The Pathways Value portfolio includes a 20 per cent ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:01PM

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI | 11:30AM

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:13PM

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 11:50AM

Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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